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  <refentryinfo>
    <title>nmtui</title>
    <author>NetworkManager developers</author>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>nmtui</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>nmtui</refname>
    <refpurpose>Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command><group choice='plain'>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui-edit</arg>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui edit</arg>
      </group></command>
      <arg choice='plain'>
        <group choice='req'>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
        </group>
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command><group choice='plain'>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui-connect</arg>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui connect</arg>
      </group></command>
      <arg choice='plain'>
        <group choice='req'>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>device</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>SSID</replaceable></arg>
        </group>
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command><group choice='plain'>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui-hostname</arg>
        <arg choice='plain'>nmtui hostname</arg>
      </group></command>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id='description'><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>nmtui</command> is a curses‐based TUI application for
    interacting with NetworkManager. When starting <command>nmtui</command>, the
    user is prompted to choose the activity to perform unless it was specified as
    the first argument.</para>

    <para>The supported activities are:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>edit</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Show a connection editor that supports adding, modifying, viewing and
          deleting connections. It provides similar functionality as
          <command>nm-connection-editor</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connect</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Show a list of available connections, with the option to activate or
          deactivate them. It provides similar functionality as
          <command>nm-applet</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>hostname</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Set the system hostname.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>Corresponding to above activities, <command>nmtui</command> also comes
    with binaries named <command>nmtui-edit</command>,
    <command>nmtui-connect</command>, and <command>nmtui-hostname</command> to skip
    the selection of the activities.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='see_also'><title>See Also</title>
    <para><link linkend='nmcli'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-applet</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-connection-editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <link linkend='NetworkManager'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>.</para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>
